#21 The Frighteners- I think this is a long overlooked piece of awesome. It came out right in that weird little period where the Spielberg/Zemeckis team (who, up to that point, seemed like it could do no wrong) ran into a couple of big flops. The Frighteners was one of them; but now, looking back, I can't remember why. It had a great star (Michael J. Fox, who had previously scored big with Zemeckis and the Back to the Future Trilogy), a great supporting cast (Jake Busey, come on!), the best special effects money could buy at the time, and at the helm of it all was a little nobody up and coming director named Peter Jackson. It was Jackson's first real big budget American movie, and I guess that audiences of the negative 90s just weren't ready for his weird blend of the truly creepy and utter slapstick. Oh well, it's fun to watch it now.
#22 I Spit on Your Grave- What can you say about this 1978 cult horror torture porn classic that hasn't already been said a million times. It's slow, meticulous, agonizing build is the ultimate nightmare for any woman; and the pay off, while satisfying, is hardly a happy ending. It's tuff stuff, no doubt, but somehow mesmerizing at the same time. Some would call it high art while others would discard it as misogynistic garbage. Nobody's wrong here, or right. I don't know.
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